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State Focus: Arkansas – Easy To Reach, Easy To Grow

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1,677 miles of Class 1 railroads. Major market centers in the region include: Memphis, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and St. Arkansas’s railroad infrastructure includes three Class I systems: Union Pacific, BNSF Railway, and Kansas City Southern Railway. population.

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Location Focus: Illinois – Trying to Make Headway in Every Way

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According to the Chicago Tribune , “The fund will award convertible notes initially ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to early-stage Illinois-based companies working in renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart grid, next-generation transportation and water resource management. This venture capital fund allocated with $2.3

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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While costs increased, this is a slight drop in the percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), which was 8.4 To meet demand, rails increased capacity with 1,300 new and rebuilt locomotives; 3,800 freight car purchases; and 700 new leased freight carts. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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During construction of the new riverfront complex, IBM will be temporarily lease space at the Essen Centre office complex in Baton Rouge. Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies recently announced a $208-million investment in new manufacturing at its four production sites in Louisiana.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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The expansion includes retrofitting their main fab to logic chips to supply mobile and tablet production. Annual production at the facility has tripled since 2008. So the last remaining auto assembly plant within the city limits of Detroit is now perhaps the most modern and successful vehicle production facility in the world.

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Industry Focus: Food Processing – The Process Of Consistency

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Consumers often remain ignorant of the process that it takes for products to reach their final state. The food processing industry works to convert raw materials, such as grains, dairy products and meats, to processed food. Food processing can improve the taste, look and demand of different food products. Indiana Lt.